Sudetenland

The Sudetenland refers to the parts of the Czech Republic that are inhabited primarily by Germans or German-speakers. They are located in the northern, western, and southern parts of the country on the borders with Germany and Austria, and the Sudetens remain a notable part of the Czech population. In 1938, Nazi Germany annexed the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia and colonized the region for ethnic Germans, but following World War II almost all of the German-speakers were forced to relocate to either East Germany or West Germany, with Germans becoming a minority.